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- | * [[inertial sensors]] | + | * [[inertial sensors]] - accelerometer, gyro, compass connected over either I2C or SPI |
- | * [[motor controller]] | + | * [[motor controller]] - connected over tx/rx pins, or usb serial port |
- | * [[drive unit]] | + | * [[drive unit]] - electric motor to move the rudder |
+ | The openplotter interface to pypilot gives the best visual feedback. It is possible to use these tools on any linux system simply by [[installing pypilot]] The tools can remotely connect to the autopilot server. In this way, you can use openplotter or another linux computer to remotely connect to tinypilot or a different openplotter that is running the autopilot. | ||
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+ | The tools provided can be run from the command line, and passed the hostname of the pypilot server (or leave blank to use the last hostname) | ||
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+ | * [[pypilot_calibration]] Visual feedback for calibration of the sensors. | ||
+ | * [[signalk_client]] Command line interface to read data from the autopilot | ||
+ | * [[signalk_client_wx]] Interactive tool to inspect and modify values used by the autopilot | ||
+ | * [[signalk_scope_wx]] Plot data streaming from the autopilot | ||
+ | * [[pypilot_control]] It is recommended to use the pypilot plugin from opencpn, however this program doesn't require running opencpn and is written in python. | ||
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+ | See [[troubleshooting]] if the autopilot fails to work from the openplotter menu | ||